I have just been on BBC Radio Leeds this morning talking about trying to reduce the use of plastics. It went very well and I believe I should be back on each morning this week. I will be getting the clip of the show later on to add here.
We were talking about just how much plastic is all around us and how you don't even notice it...until you do. And when you do, you really do. I would like to set out a challenge for anyone who hasn't seen just how much one use plastic there is. When you next go shopping, for every item you pick up try and see if there is a plastic free version, whether you buy it or not, just have a look for one. For a lot of products, there isn't one.
I have so far not found salad cream in glass, only plastic. I thought tomato sauce would be a simple one, but I only just found one in a warehouse shop by a brand I have never heard of. Brown sauce is only the supermarket smart price one which the hubby doesn't like, and he loves his brown sauce. He likes HP and Aldi's own which are all now plastic bottled.
Wash liquid is always going to come in a bottle, all plastic, but the wash tabs? Do they really have to come in thick plastic boxes or the thick plastic bags that can't even be recycled? Dishwasher tabs normally come with individual plastic wrap. Bread in plastic bags, even the fresh in store baked ones. And the worst offender of all has to be the fruit and veg. Why do I need a lettuce to be shrink wrapped? Why do I have a plastic bag on apples or plastic netting around oranges? If it's a deal or offer on so many, can you not just put up a sign and trust that people are able to count?
So if you haven't seen it, go ahead and take a look. Look in your kitchen, look in your bathroom, look all around your home and see the extent of the problem. Every item you see is eventually heading out of the house at some point. Where will it go? What will happen to it? And what problems will it create?
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